Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you very much, gentlemen, for being here today. I have to confess I'm not very tech savvy. Sometimes staff even tell me I don't know how to work my own BlackBerry properly. I'm interested to know what you and your industry have to say in a little bit more detail about some of the issues we're trying to deal with here, as a committee, to get our hands around what the real issues are in Canada.
To follow up on Ms. Charlton's comments about trying to get some real numbers, a real idea, and real studies on what we're dealing with, as I understand there was a report released last year by the Information and Communications Technology Council that indicated that there's a major skills shortage in the digital field and there will be, specifically, more in the area of electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians.
Can any of you comment on the accuracy—if you're familiar with that study—of those conclusions and whether you anticipate a broader or narrower skill shortage in the digital field in particular?